Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

Ruby Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Build a Todo List Application with Rails 4 Adding Todo Items

Posted by jooyoonbyun
jooyoonbyun
3,438 Points

syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end

Hi, I am getting syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end message like the picture below and I have found nothing was wrong.

Failures:

1) Adding todo items is successful with valid content
   Failure/Error: click_link "List Items"
   SyntaxError:
     /Library/WebServer/Documents/odot/app/controllers/todo_items_controller.rb:27: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end
   # ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:9:in `block in visit_todo_list'
   # ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:8:in `visit_todo_list'
   # ./spec/features/todo_items/create_spec.rb:14:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

and this is my todo_items_controller.rb

class TodoItemsController < ApplicationController
  def index
    @todo_list = TodoList.find(params[:todo_list_id])
  end

  def new
        @todo_list = TodoList.find(params[:todo_list_id])
    @todo_item = @todo_list.todo_items.new
  end

  def create
    @todo_list = TodoList.find(params[:todo_list_id])
    @todo_item = @todo_list.todo_items.new(todo_item_params)

    if @todo_item.save
      flash[:success] = "Added todo list item."
      redirect_to todo_list_todo_items_path
    else
        flash[:error] = "There was a problem adding that todo list item."
        render action: :new
  end

  private 
  def todo_item_params
    params[:todo_item].permit(:content)
  end
end

1 Answer

Jaro Schwab
Jaro Schwab
8,957 Points

Hey..

I think you need to end your If.. else Statement..

 def create
    @todo_list = TodoList.find(params[:todo_list_id])
    @todo_item = @todo_list.todo_items.new(todo_item_params)

    if @todo_item.save
      flash[:success] = "Added todo list item."
      redirect_to todo_list_todo_items_path
    else
        flash[:error] = "There was a problem adding that todo list item."
        render action: :new
    end #end the If Statement
 end